The music scene in Rio from the perspective of The Journal of Women: 1852-1855

• Grant number: 13/15555-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2014
• End date: July 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Modern and Contemporary History
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Fabiana Lopes da Cunha
• Grantee: Everton Vieira Barbosa
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The nineteenth century marked the beginning of the press in Brazil and as claimed CABRAL (2008), Lima (2010), WOLF (2009), MINARDI (2008), SOUZA (2012), VASCONCELLOS and SAVELLI (2006), The Journal of the Ladies, was the first periodical written by women and aimed at women. This newspaper published in the city of Rio de Janeiro, from 1852 to 1855, transferred to its readers, matters of fashion, romance, education, and also presented the life of the city through places frequented as ballrooms and theaters. In this sense The Journal Ladies informed their readers what songs permeated these spaces, being a music scene in Rio. In trying to understand the everyday social life of the city of Rio de Janeiro, to know which people who had access to The Journal Ladies and observe the spaces frequented seek to identify, throughout this work, as the Rio music scene was interpreted in the newspaper, contributing therefore, studies of the history of music in Brazil and expanding research on the history of the Brazilian press. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BARBOSA, Everton Vieira. Female sociability pages: Musical sensitivity in Rio de Janeiro nineteenth century. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Letras. Assis Assis.